Spangle-machine.



No. 885,012. PATENTED APR. 21, 1908.

G. w. BINGHAM. SPANGLE MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 14. 1906.

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G. W. BINGHAM.

SPANGLE MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT.14.1906.

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PATENTED APR. 21, 1908.

G. W. BINGHAM. SPANGLE MACHINE.

IAIPLIOATION FILED SEPT.14,1906.

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INVENTOH: George W. Bing'hum,

BY Wm ,4 TTOHNE Y.

WITNESSES UNITED STAilfES -EATENT ()FFICE.

, ei-i w-et EEYQi'QBiEQJYAXL-EL To all whom it my=comm."'-" -j Beit-known' that If, GEORGE WE BINGHAM,

I a citizeri-of theEU'nited-St'ates O'f-Amer'ica, and a resident of the borough of Manhattan, city;

'- is a specification.

county, and State of New York, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in "Spangle-M'achines of which the following shall term a spangle'machine; that is, a machine for shaping and attaching pronged metaIIic-"prnamentS or spangles to "various "materials or cloths, as' 's'carfasashes or the "hkey-andis an mip'r'ovement'o'n the 1nvent10n disclc'sed'inmy application filed June 15, 1906'. Ser. No. 321 893. 1

Q'Iheobjcct of'this improvement is to sim- -"-plify and-reduce the cost of construction of the structure shown in-my s'aid prior applica- 'tiony this end the invention consists in the 'fehtiir'e's of. construction, combination of pai'tsaiid 'arrarigemcnt'of elements hereinafter set forth."

Inthe''accon'ipanying drawings, the invention is embodied in a concrete and preferred 'on the'line 2"2'of 1g. 1.

invention;

line 6-6 ofFig. 1-.

form, but it evident that change of'con- -s ti'uction may be made without departing from the legitimate and intended scope of the Figurl'is avertical longitudinal section of a machine embodying the invention. Fig. 2; is a transverse lon itudinal sectional view F Fi 3, 4 and 5 showthe'developinent of the'b ank. Fig. 6 is'a transverse vertical sectional view on the I 'Fig. 7 is a view similar to Fig- 6 but with the parts in a different position. Sand 9' are detail views of ends as shown in the drawings.

some of'the'gearingr Fi 10, 11 and 12 are provided on oneside with a drawing-up die 4 ll the oppdsite side forms 'a supporting surfsew 5. me objet "will'j dppfiaflhfmif Thissupporting surface} in thc present-' stance=,-'ronns summer a continuous ic'yli'n dric'al.s'iirf a(: lliis' cyli nder is-operated to" present" perio'dicallyft'he' "drawing. nifdie'- 'alinement with th'e"c'u'tt'ing' diei To check this mo tion tliecylirider i'nay be oscillated; a? as shown'in'lthis caseaiid as will ibcfino'r'e fhlly j' 3 described later; 'it is rotated intermittently half'a revolution in'oii'e direction-only? 6 5 Adjacent to thcother 0 en end of the flied die are 'two punches whic ar'eadapted toal ternately coactwith' "the dies; one -St'c ciit the? blank'and the other to move tlieblank (iii-t? of the cutting die and intothc drawiiig upfdie 7o thereby drawing upthep iongs onthe blanks. w Acoiivenientiarrangemeiit ooiisistsin hawing two punches-{formed into a dbublridcd? .1:-

punch and the dth'e'r' erid' '8 forms a drawing punch. iTliese punchesslid'e" iri'tlie game e of themovable member 10. This movable member is also preferablyin =the'f0rm "of-a cylinder and may" beeithen oscillated "or 1 r o f tated in order to resent'the' tv'vdgiulihesfilso .ternatelyto the ies. A metal sheet 'l-I-is' fed in underthe die and the punch 7 will c-oactwit'h thesaid die to cut a blank 12,theblan'k rcmainin" thedie opening. In order-to insure peri ee register of the punch 7'With-the die opening'1', there is provided'a fiarin'gguide 13'forfiiiedby" a lowerplate14 as shown which plate also acts as a lower support fOI tlIE; sheet. The movable member"? is now given a one half turn and thedrawing' up die ls presen'te'd" in line with the cutting die! The 'i'novab le member 10 is also at the sam'e'itime'given'al one-half turn thereby brin ing the drawing up unch 8 in' line with the dies 1'; an'd i." T e actionof thesaiddrawing up punch will cause the blank 'tobe moved out of the (lib L'- andinto the die '4 thereby drawing up the prongs 15 on the blankl'" The drawing up dieis formed with a continuation 16 serving as a uide for the rception of the expelling punci'17; Above the member 3 are provided suitable means 'for flattening down "the" prongs. These may take the form of the clenching 5 punch 18 andguide I9. v When themember 3 is again tn'rjnedd l" bring the drawing die .ad'ace'ntto thcf clenching punch 18, the expelling unch-"17 will act to drive thel'prongs of"tie"blanlr"llo table 21.

a is suitably imparted,pre ferably continuously,

' ployed for this pur ose, but, in this instance,

. with a toothed segment 26 of a'certain'thickness, while the remainder ofits periphery is V tions after which at one 'endis provided withithe crank 33, 'which'serves to cause the reciprocation-pf the 'punch members actingin: connection 2 the prongsfof the 'blankare driven in between 'ing the guide to close and partially fold the -doing'.the blankwill be. supported by the surface 5, the'member B havmg' meanwhile "been turned around. I

Anysuitable means mayof course be used for,driving the machine, but in' the prebe arranged as follows:

and then stops'for. a period automatically,.in

' the thickness. of the toothed portion. I En gaging with this mutilated gear is a mutilated mutilated to the extent. that one half of the thickness, is cutaway. The ear 25 1 s-prothrough the material 20 placed on the work At this moment the clenching punch 18 will be in its lowermost position and the guides 19 will be'expanded, so that the clenching punch and the; guide. "The clenching punch now recedes, thereby allowprorigs. In the present instance, these guides are made of resilient material and close by'their own actionlwhenfthepunch withdraws. The clenching punch 'now descends again, moving the guides outo'f the Way by acting on thecam surfaces 22, and clenches the prongs on the material. In so ferredconstru'ction followed, the parts- '23 indicates a power shaft to which motion as by the ulley 24. ,From this shaft motion is-prefera ly imparted to the operating ele-. ments of the machine inlsuch a way that the machine goes through its cycle of operations order to give. the operator opportunity to shift the material which is 'to be ornamented. Any well known stop motion may be enaprefer touse the allowing means.

Mounted on the shaft 23 is a mutilated gear 25,jonej portion 05 which is provided in" the formof a circular disk 28 of. one half pinion 28 in the present instance provided with seven teeth plus one more tooth 29 .vided with fifteen teeth, and y its rotation will cause the pinion 28 to make two revolu- I it will dwell while thef'disk ortio'n ofthe gear 25 moves by the pinion. he arts are so arranged that the mutilated toot 29 of the pinion will projectin over the disk portion of the gear, and'the two adjacent teeth 30 and 31 will serve to form a stop for the parts so that no' rotation of the pinion.

Will take place until the first toothof." the toothed segment comes around again. The pinionl28 is mounted on the shaft 32 whlch with the dies. 1 These punches are preferably reciprocated twice-to eachcyclerof themaf .pinion 45 w ll turn onlyhalfwagj around material to whic chine. The means for flattening down the blank may --also conveniently be operated from the shaft 32, although it wouldonly be necessary to operate the clenching punch once to each cycle of the machine. 1n the present instance, however, the clenchingpunch is operated twice to each cycle of the machine by the following means-.1:

36 indicates a rock shaft towhich motion is imparted-by means of, the cranks.37- and 38 and .pitman 39 the .crank37 being .shorter than the crank 38. Motionis transmitted.

tween, there-is embodied another :stopmotion of a suitable construction to impartl a proper intermittent rotation to .';th'e saidmembers. [In the "present instance this takes the form of a mutilated gear 44mount- .ed on the shaft 32 andin engagement with.

the frame-.

the mutilated pinion 45onthe'countershaft 46. These parts are so capacitated that the t0 eachbomplete revolution 1 f ear 44. The gear 44' is {therefore 'pr'om'de with a toothed portion 47 consistinfilef three teeth andofa certain thickness, w etheremainder is in the'form of a disk portion .48 of one' half .the thickness of the toothed portion.

The pinion. 45 is. provided with six teeth and two mutilated teeth 49and 50 spaced an equal distance apart and mutilated} to the extent that one halfof 'thethickne'ss'of each of said teeth is cut away. Each of the members 3 and 10 is provided-with .a spur gear 51 and 52, one of whichengages with thespur gear '53 On the counter shaft 46. .In order to cause the punch members to follow thero ta-.

-tion .of the members 3 and 10, they arejournaled on the ro'cat' mem er 34.. Y j I'wis it to be understood ltliatI donot limit myself to-a machineior ap lyi spangles exclusively as I am aware t at t e feapivots 54 and 55 on the reciptures of construction shown,- may be em-- ployedfor other purposes, H

In Figs. 3, 4 and 5,'Ifh'ave shown the development of the spangle blank; 3

shows the'fiat blank'as 'itiis stamped or cut and before it is drawniip. Fig.4 shows the prongs'drawn .u iiso that y may pierce. the the blank 1s, to-"be attached,

and Fig. .5Shb

thecombination of a'fixed die, o en at both ends, a drawing u" die, a mova le member carrying said drawing-up die and adapted to ,mou'nted on thej'reeiprocatingslide 34 con} [i L In a ma'chi neofjthecharacter set forth,

'nected .to the crank 33' by a pin and'slot'connection'. In this way, the saidpunches' areT cause it to register with one of the en ends of the first mentioned die, a doub e' punch member, means. for alternately presenting the opposite ends of the double punch member in registerwith the other of the open ends of the fixed die, and means for actu atin said unchmember thereby cuttin a blan by t e action of one end of the (ion le punch member, and moving the blank into the drawing up die by the action of the other end of the punch member.

' 2. In a machine of the character set forth, the combination of a fixed die, 0 en at both ends, a drawing up die, a rotata le member carrying said drawin up die and adapted to cause it to register with one of the 0 en ends of the first mentioned die, a doub e punch member, means for alternately presenting the opposite ends of the double unch member in re ister with the other of the open ends of the ed die, and means for actuating said punch member thereby cutting a blank by the action of one end of the double punch member, and moving the blank into the drawing up die by the action of the other end of the punch member.

3. In a machine of the character set forth, the combination of a fixed die, 0 en at both ends, a drawing up die, a mova le member carrying said drawn up die and adaptedto cause it to register with one of the 0 en ends of the first mentioned die, a doub e punch member, a rotatable member carrying the said punch member, means for rotating the said member to alternately present opposite ends of the double punch member, in register with the other open end of the fixed die, and means for reciprocating the said double punch member thereby cuttin a blank by the action of one end of the ouble punch member, and moving the blank into the drawingup die by the action of the'other end 1 of the punch member.

4. In a machine of the character set forth, the combination of a fixed die, 0 en at'both ends, a drawing up die, a rotatahle member carrying said, drawing up die and adapted to cause it to register with one of the 0 en ends of the first mentioned die, a doub e punch member, a rotatable member carrying the said punch member, means for rotating the said member to alternately present opposite ends of the double punch member in register with the other open ends of the fixed die, and means for reciprocating the said double punch member thereby cuttin a blank by the action of one end of the ouble punch member, and moving the blank into the drawing up die by the action of the other end of the punch member.

5. In a machine of the character set forth, thevcombination of a fixed die, at both ends, a' drawing up die, a mova 1e member carrying said drawing up die and adapted to cause it to registerwith one of the open ends of the first mentioned die, a double punch member, means for alternately ipresenting the opposite ends of the double punch mem ber in register. with theother of the open ends of the fixed die,; and means fOI'KflCtllfltmg said' punch member thereby cutting at prongs, by the action ofon'e end. of the double punch member, and moving blank Wi its prongs against the material to which it is g a to be attached, means for driving the rongs through the material, andmeans for attening down the rongs against the material. 7

6. In a mac ine of the character set forth, the combination of a fixed diefo en at both ends, a drawing up die, a rotatahlemember carrying said drawing up die and adapted to cause it to register With one of the 0, en ends of the first mentioned die, a doub e punch member, means for alternately. presenting the opposite ends of the double unch member in register with the other of the open ends of the fixed die, and meansrfor actuating said punch member, thereby cutting a lank with rongs by the action of one end ofthe doub e punch member, and moving theblank into the drawin up die by the action'of the other end of t e punch member, thereby drawing up the prongs, and means for actue ating the said movable member so as to cause the blank to be against the material to which it is to beattach'ed, means for driving the rongs through the material, and means for atten' ing down the rongsiagainst the material;

7. In a mac ine of the character 'setforth, the combination ofa fixed die, 0 en at both ends, a drawing up. die, amova lemember carrying said drawmg up die and adapted to cause it to registerw1th one of the 0 en ends of the first mentioned die, a doub e punch member, a rotatable member carrying the saidpunchimember, means for rotating the said member to alternately present opposite ends of the double punch member in register with the other open end of the fixed die, and

means for reciprocating the .said double punch member thereby cuttin a blank with prongs by the action of oneen of the double punch member, and'moving the blank into the drawing up die by the actionof the other end of the punch member, thereby drawing up the prongs, and means for actuating the e member so asto cause the said movab blank to be presented With-its prongs against 'thevmaterial to which it is to be attached, means for driving the prongs through the. material, and means .for flattening down the prongs against Y the material 8. In a machine of the character set forth,

combination. of a fixed die, openat both resented with its prongsends, a drawing up die, a rotatable member carrying said drawing up die and adapted to cause it to register with one of the en ends of the first mentioned die,"a-d oub e punch member, a'rotatable member carrying the said punchmember, means for rotating the said member to alternately present opposite ends of thedouble punch member in register with the other open end of the fixed die, and means for reci rocating the. said double punch member t ereby cuttin a blank with pronglsby the action of one en of the double punc member, and moving the blank into thedrawing up. die by the action of theother end of the punch member, thereby drawing up the pron s, and means for actuating the said movab e member so as to cause the blank to be resented with its prongs against the materia to which it is to be attached, means for driving the prongs through the material, and means for flattening down the prongs against thematerial. 9. In a machine of the character set forth, the combination-of a fixed die, 0 en at both ends, a drawing up die, a mova le member carrying said drawln up die and adapted to cause it to register with one of the 0 en ends of thefirst mentioned die, a doub e punch member, means for alternately presenting the opposite ends of the double punch menu-- her in register with the other of the open! ends of the fixed die, and means for actuating said unch member thereby cutting a blank wit prongs, by the action of one'end of the double unch member, and moving the blank into t e drawing up die by the action of the other end of .the punch member, thereby drawingupv the prongs, and means for actuating the said movable member so as to cause the blank to be presented with its,

prongs against the material to which it is to e attached, and a punch located in the draw-' ing up die for driving the rongs through the material, and means for attening down the prongs against the material.

10. In a machine of the character set forth,

the combination of a fixed die, 0 en at both ends, a drawing up die, a rotata 1e member cam'ying said drawing up die and adaptedto cause it to register with one of the 0 en ends of the first mentioned die, a doub e punch member means for alternately presenting the opposite ends of the double punch member in register with the other of the open ends of the fixed die, and means for actuating said punch member, thereby cutting a blank with rongs'by the act-ion of one end of the doub e p'unch member, and moving the blank into the drawing up die by the action of theother end of the punch member, there- '-'by drawing up the prongs,.and means for acbe attached, a punch located in the drawing up die for driving the prongs through the material and means for flattening down the prongs against the material.

1 1. In a machine of the character set forth, the combination of a fixed die, 0 en at both ends, a drawing up die, a mova 1e member carrying said drawin up die and adapted to cause it to register with one of the 0 en ends of the first mentioned die, a doub e punch member, a rotatable member carrying the said punch member, means for rotating the said member to alternately present opposite ends of the double punch member in register with the otheropen end of the fixed die, and means for reci rocating the said double punch member there y cutting a blank with prongs by the action of one end of the double punch member, and moving the blank into the drawing up die by the action of the other end of the punch member, thereby drawing up the prongs, and means for actuating the said; movable member so as to cause the blank to be presented with its prongs against the material to which it is to be attached, a punch located in the drawing up die for driving the prongs through the material and means for flattening down'the prongs against the materia 12. In a machine of the character set forth, the combination of a fixed die, 0 en at both ends, a drawing up die, a rotata le member carrying said drawing up die and adapted to, cause it to register with one of the o enends of the first mentioned die, a doub e punch member, a rotatable member carrying the 1 'ends' of the double punch member in register with the other open end of the fixed die, and means for reci rocating the said double punch member t fi'ereby cuttin a blank with prong'ls by the action of one en of the double punc member, and moving the blank into the drawing up dieby the action of the other end'of the punch member, thereby drawing up the. pron s, and me'an's for actuating the said movabe member so as to cause the blank to be resented'with its prongs against the materiai to which it is to be attached, a ,punch located in the drawing up die for driving the prongs through the material and means for flattening down the prongs against the material.

13. In a machine of the character set forth,

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the combination of means for cutting a blank with prongs, a movable member, a drawing up die formed in said movable member on one side, asupporting surface on the oppositeside' of the movable member, a punch ada ted to cooperate with the said drawing up ie to draw up the prongs, means for flattening down the prongs, on the material, means for actuating the movable member so as to alternately present the drawing up die and supporting surface to the means for fiatact with the said die.

tening down the rongs, a punch located in the drawing up through the material, and means for actuating the flattening meansto o crate when the supporting surface is under t e blank.

14. In a machine of the character set forth, the combination of a fixed cutting die, a drawing up die, means for intermittently rotating the drawing up die one half of a revolution twice to each cycle of the machine, a double unch member, one end of which c0- acts wit the cutting die, anc the other end of which serves to remove the blank from the cutting die into the drawin up die and to draw it up therein, meansor rotating the double punch member one half of a revolu tion twice to each cycle of the machine, so as to alternately present the punches to the die,- and means for reciprocating the punch member twice to each cycle of the machine.

15. In a machine of the character set forth,

the combination of a rotatable die, a punch rotating in unison therewith and adapted to be brought into register with the same at intervals, and means for reciprocating the punch, when the latter and the die come 'into register, so as to cause the said punch to coie for driving the prongs- 16. In a machine of the character set forth, a reciprocating member, a punch adapted to follow the reciprocating movement of the said member, a pivotal support on the said reciprocating member on which the punch is mounted, means for rotating the punch, a die cooperating with the punch, and means for rotating the die to intermittently cause the said punch and die to register.

17. In a machine of the character set fort-11,. a reciprocating member, a punch adapted to follow the reciprocating movement of the said membena pivotal support on the said reciprocating member on which the punch is mounted,v means for intermittently turning the punch around its pivotal support, a die cooperating with the punch mounted'on a.

pivotal support, and means for interinitv tently turning the die around its pivotal support so as to cause it to register with t e punch. Signed at New York September, 1906.

GEORGE W. BINGHAM.

city this 12th day of Witnesses:

AXEL V. BEEKEN, GEo. A. MARSHALL. 

